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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






2. Academic Language Therapy Association






3. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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4. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






5. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






6. A diacritical marking. A wavy line placed over any vowel before r in a combination to indicate the unaccented pronunciation eg letter. The tildes used both in coding words and in a sound picture. When the pronunciation of any unaccented vowel-r combi






7. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






8. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






9. Final stable syllable

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10. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies

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11. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






12. Was a pivotal event in English history. It largely removed the native ruling class - replacing it with a foreign - French-speaking monarchy - aristocracy - and clerical hierarchy. This - in turn - brought about a transformation of the English languag






13. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






14. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






15. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






16. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






17. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






18. Closed syllable - open syllable - vowel- consonant-e - r controlled syllable - vowel team - final stable syllable






19. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






20. Students proceed trough predictable stages of learning to reading.

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21. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






22. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






23. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






24. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






25. Response to Intervention - a multi-step or tiered approach to providing services and interventions at increasing intensity to students or an entire class.






26. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.






27. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






28. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






29. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






30. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






31. Test of Word Reading Efficiency. Screening test. measures an individual's ability to pronounce printed words accurately and fluently. Generates percentiles - standard scores - age equivalents - and grade equivalents.Decoding - Sight words






32. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






33. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






34. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






35. Shakespeare - Samuel Johnson - first comprehensive dictionary of English - Noah Webster - first dictionary of American English - Oxford Dictionary published in full 1928






36. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






37. Feeling through fingertips






38. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






39. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






40. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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41. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






42. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






43. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






44. A way of describing - in standard deviation units - a raw score's distance from its distribution means.






45. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Screening test. test phonological awareness - phonological memory - rapid naming...norms given in Percentiles - Standard Scores - Age and Grade Equivalents






46. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






47. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






48. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






49. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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50. Ability to understand and express spoken language







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